Vintage Hand Painted Bibi Nippon Vase Gold Moriage Kin-Mori, Landscape Scene

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Vintage Hand Painted Bibi Nippon Vase Gold Moriage Kin-Mori, Landscape Scene:
$130.00

Lovely Vintage Nippon Vase in Great Condition

Hand painted

Has a stamp on the bottom

Light blue and cream hues of a landscape scene of trees and sea with a sail boat, brown around the throat of the vase

Raised gold moriage Kin-mori, all around the scene outline and elaborate work around the throat of the vase

Approximate measurements from side to side

Length - 8.5\", Width - 3.5\"

Nippon Porcelain

The Japanese did not begin exporting their porcelain until the 17th century. It was at that time that a civil war caused the Chinese exporting to halt, prompting the Dutch to convince the Japanese to begin exporting to fill the European demand for porcelain.

Nippon porcelain production began in 1891, when exporting to America was opened, and ended in 1921 when a tariff stating that items had to be plainly marked in English was enacted. The name Nippon simply means Japan. It is not a type of porcelain, but rather a time period that porcelain contained the mark of Nippon.

In general, unmarked Nippon is prior to March 1891; however, this is not a hard and fast rule. Until import laws were clarified, some USA ports allowed goods to enter the country as long as the crate or box was marked with the originating country.

In its day, the Nippon porcelain was inexpensive and often seen as not worthy of collecting. Today, it is not only popular in America, but also Japan and very expensive to collect.

Pieces such as vases, pots and plates were decorated using distinctive decorating techniques. Nippon porcelain was wholly hand painted until 1904. After 1904, piece began appearing with decals and stencil designs. Many of them were decorated using materials which are no longer available nowadays. It would be very difficult to bring these techniques and materials back into today’s ceramic industry.

Kin-mori 金盛 or Gold Moriage 金彩

Moriage is the term used to describe the layering of small beads or lines of slip clay onto the surface of the pottery, vase or bowl to create three dimensional decorative effects.

There are three basic methods for applying the moriage designs. One is by hand rolling and shaping. The second makes use of tubing. The tubing was filled with softened clay and applied to the porcelain much as we decorate cakes today. The third technique is to reduce the clay to a liquid state and brush it on items. Moriage designs are innumerable and varied. They include border trimmings, lacy designs, and floral motifs.

The Moriage were often painted gold after the glaze had been applied, giving the pottery item a unique and special finish. The beads were all placed onto the pottery by hand before it was fired in the kiln

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